After Transmigrating as a Wealthy Woman: Donβt You Dare Touch My Baby! [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 94
The spirit beasts prostrating on the ground trembled, unable to lift their heads. Any lingering fighting spirit they had possessed vanished the moment the Phoenixβs bloodline pressure washed over them.
The Flying Lion was even more stunned. It never expected that a mere Golden Core human would possess a Phoenixβa true, living Phoenix! This is a god!
Suppressing its surging excitement, it stopped fighting immediately and spoke with urgency: “The Four Directions Beast Gods are the ancestors of my race. I am but a Flying Lion; I dare not oppose the Phoenix line. I am willing to bow and submit.”
It lowered its front limbs, kneeling in the dirt. “I await the Phoenix Lord’s decision.”
Zhu Xingtong flapped her wings. “Weβre still missing a mount!”
The Flying Lionβs face lit up with joy. “This servant is honored to serve the Phoenix Lord!”
The onlookers were baffled. Why was it so happy to be a servant? But no one questioned it further. They watched as the Flying Lion instantly shrank its size and trotted obediently behind Zhong Ying, initiating a master-servant contract of its own accord.
Zhong Ying: “…”
Having just completed her evolution, Zhu Xiaobao quickly felt the exhaustion hit. Within moments, she fell fast asleep in Zhong Yingβs arms.
Elder Chilian ran over, nursing some minor scratches. She rubbed her hands together expectantly. “Disciple, that little thing is really a Phoenix? You said it was a hybrid! It looks incredibly powerful!”
Zhong Ying immediately tucked the little phoenix deeper into her robes. “Master, the weather is lovely today.”
“You said you’d let me pet her. Just a little touch, I won’t do anything else,” Chilian recalled. “I saw a Phoenix once before, but that one was… well, a bit too majestic. Not as cute as yours.” She conveniently left out the part where she had accidentally trespassed into the Eternal Realm and nearly been incinerated by a Divine Phoenix’s flame.
“Master, this is my wife.”
“?” Chilian struggled for a moment. “I can’t even have one pet?”
“A friend’s wife is not to be trifled with.”
“Why bother little friend Zhong?” Beimeng walked over, looking slightly pale but uninjured. “If someone else touched your partner, how would you react?”
As soon as Beimeng spoke, Chilian fell silent.
Zhong Ying noticed the strange atmosphere between the two but didn’t dwell on it. “Master, Venerable, I must leave. The Little Phoenix needs rest. Please keep her bloodline a secret.”
“We will.”
Once Zhong Ying left, Beimeng spoke softly. “Demonic Venerable, that disciple you’ve taken… she is quite extraordinary.” To gain the favor of a Phoenix and cultivate faster than two reborn Ascendersβit wouldn’t be long before they were no match for her.
“Whatever,” Chilian replied. She looked at Beimeng, feeling confused. Why had Beimeng helped her fight the Flying Lion earlier? And why wasn’t she mocking her now?
Beimeng looked back, saw Chilianβs awkward expression, and sighed. The Demonic Venerable was as temperamental as ever.
Aside from the thousands of spirit beasts, there wasn’t much left to explore in the Tianqing Secret Realm. Many cultivators returned to their sects to bring younger disciples back for “fated encounters” with the remaining beasts.
Meanwhile, Zhong Ying returned to her humble courtyard. Stepping through the gates, memories of everything she had shared here with the little phoenix flooded back. Thinking of how “stingy” the bird had been with her spirit stones, Zhong Ying couldn’t help but smile.
Zhu Xiaobao probably hadn’t known who she was back then. After all, Zhong Ying had picked her up a month ago without ever mentioning her name. Looking at the sleeping bird in her arms, a wave of sweetness filled her heart.
Simultaneously, the System rewards arrived:
[Detected: Phoenix ‘Zhu Jiu-Jiu’ Favorability has reached 100. Reward settlement beginning.]Β [50% Favorability: Host gains ‘Physical Attributes +50%’ and the ‘King of a Hundred Beasts’ Buff.]Β [80% Favorability: Host gains ‘Mental Attributes +50%’.]Β [100% Favorability: Host gains hidden reward ‘Attribute Slots Gacha’.]Β [King of a Hundred Beasts Buff: Beast Affinity +200%. If the enemy is a beast, their killing intent drops by 50%. If it can talk things out, it will absolutely not choose to fight.]
Zhong Ying was surprised by the buff, but it made sense. Her ultimate goal was to “Enter the Eternal Realm and Become God.” The Eternal Realm was guarded by the Four Direction Godsβall beasts. This buff was a clear hint of what was to come.
She only cared about one thing: “Will +200% Beast Affinity make Zhu Xiaobao love me more?”
[???]Β The System went silent. [System is performing a self-check to define ‘Love’.]
Zhong Ying laughed and cut off the dialogue. She went into the bedroom, placed the phoenix in her soft nest, and sat cross-legged beside her to enter meditation. With her “baby” by her side, she finally had a real reason to grow stronger. If she wasn’t powerful enough, someone might try to snatch her little bird away.
As time passed, the rumors of the Phoenix in the Tianqing Plains faded, replaced by a new shock: the Hehuan Sect had produced a new Nascent Soul powerhouse. Her name was Zhong Ying. A mortal a month ago; a Nascent Soul expert a month later.
Initially, no one believed it. Other sects even sent disciples to “visit” and test the waters. The Hehuan Sect’s unified response was: “Yes, we simply have a peerless genius.”
Even the Sect Leader didn’t believe it at first, but after meeting Zhong Ying, he immediately granted her the highest-grade cultivation cave. The little phoenix now lived in a beautiful, luxury nest.
“Chirp~ If they knew you were almost at the Soul Transformation stage, I wonder what they’d think,” Zhu Xingtong chirped from her nest. She was currently chewing on a piece of well-cooked Spirit Grass.
“I only care about when you’ll turn back into a human,” Zhong Ying said, rubbing the bridge of her nose. She had fed her tons of Spirit Grass, but the bird remained a juvenile. Not a single new feather had grown.
The bird blinked. “My inherited memories say I can transform during the ‘Youth’ stage.”
“Is there anything besides Spirit Grass that can speed up your growth?” Zhong Ying asked. Having her wife right in front of her but unable to cuddle or kiss her was a unique form of torture. Waking up at night to feel fluff instead of skin was… frustrating. Her desires had practically turned into pure platonic pity.
“I don’t know. The memories didn’t say,” Xingtong chirped, enjoying her grass. Truthfully, she was holding back. She had reached the threshold days ago, but she was suppressing the breakthrough on purpose.
Hehehe, it’s fun,Β Xingtong thought. The Big Demon Cub bullied me and threatened me earlierβnow she can look but can’t touch. How does that feel?Β She stifled a laugh.
Zhong Ying squinted at the giggling bird. Her intuition told her she was being played. She opened the System shop to re-read the description for the expensive Spirit Grass: ‘Spirit Grass: A specialty of the Eternal Realm. The favorite food of the Divine Phoenix. Accelerates growth.’
Nothing seemed wrong. “System, how many more stalks does she need?”
[Required: 0 stalks.]
Zhong Ying froze. If it wasn’t the grass, was something wrong with Xingtong’s body? She picked the bird up by the scruff of her neck. “Zhu Xingtong, are you hiding something from me?”
Zhu Xingtong: !!!Β She used my full name! Things are getting serious!
“Is your body failing?” Zhong Ying asked, her brow furrowed with worry. “Is this world’s atmosphere wrong for a Phoenix? Do I need to send you back to the Eternal Realm?”
Hearing the genuine fear in Zhong Yingβs voice, Xingtongβs heart softened. Silly cub. We finally reunited, and youβre already thinking of sending me away?
“I’m fine, chirp!”
“The System says you should have transformed by now. I’m worried. Are you really okay?”
“I’mβugh, fine!” The little phoenix wriggled out of her hands and flew toward the inner room.
“Zhu Xiaobao?”
“Wait right there!” the bird shouted, disappearing into the room and slamming the door shut.
Zhong Ying waited. After about fifteen minutes, a pillar of golden light erupted from the room, piercing through the clouds and scattering them for miles.
“CHIRPβ!”Β A majestic phoenix cry echoed through the Hehuan Sect. For a thousand miles, spirit beasts once again bowed toward the sect in worship.
Inside the cave, the wooden door creaked open. A young girl, appearing to be about sixteen or seventeen, poked her head out.
She whispered shyly, “Cub… I don’t have any clothes to wear.”
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